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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
A Busy President.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The President
will be compelled to deny himself to all
callers to-day and tomorrow. These are
his busiest days of the year, if not of the
whole term. Congress must adjourn at
noon tomorrow, and any bills in his hand
undisposed of at that time must fail He
has now more than one hundred bills sbe-
fore him, and that number will be largely
increased to-day. Many of them require
close examination, and investigation con-
Stunning much time. Members of Congress
and others requesting hearings on bills
have been informed that any statements
submitted in writing will be carefully
cou7.sdered, but personal interviews are
,,.practicable for want of time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

NEW YORK, March THE steamship
City of Chicago, of the Inman Line, ran
ashore on the outer bar, opposite West
Hampton, L. L, at two O'Clock vest erday
morning during a dense fog. Her sig
mails of distress were answered by the
Petuneck life-saving station crew.
Despite their utmost endeavors, the life
savers were unable to reach the vessel.
the waves capsizing the boats every time.
A large mortar was fired and a line
thrown over the ship, but just as it was
being secured it parted at 1880, noon, the
tide changed and the steamer foated of
and steamed away for this city, apparent,
" uniniured. :,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

BosroN. March7.-A W ashington special
to the Herald says that it is understood
that the President has definitely deter
mined upon three of the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners, and they have all
signified their willingness to accept
They are: W. R. Morrison, of Illinois,
chairman; General Bragg, of Alabama
Democrat, and Judge Cooley, of Michi-
gan, Republican. Chas. P. Clark, of Bos-
ton, would undoubtedly have been the
New England member, had it not been
for the controversy for the bonds of the
New York & New England railroad The
President came to the conclusion that the
appointment of Clark would excite hostile
criticism
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
This modern Cresus is neither q

This modern Cr9sus is neither a
Jew nor an Americana fact which
will surprise a good many people. He
is not even a banker! According to
undoubted statistics now before us the
wealthiest mortal of modern times is a
German Prince, the Prince of Lichten-
stein, the proprietor of immense estates
in Germany, Bavaria, Austria and
Switzerland. 1t has been call
culated that if all his wealth were re-
duced to copper coinage it would take
tour locomotive engines of sixty tons to
! remove it-Choses Diverses
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
OUR TRAMP.
How and Why He Frightened Whole
HOusehOld.

How and Why He Frightened Whole
Household.
In ''the long ago." when I was a
child. my parents went away for a visit
and to remain all night. Sister Essie
was young lady and there were two
brothers, younger than she. After
many directions concerning things
| about the house the dear mother said
to Essie:
II think, dear, you had better sleep
in my room. SO you can look more
conveniently after the fire."
Mothers room was off the sitting
room and that opened on a porch.
When bedtime came the boys. Will and
Robert, went upstairs as usual and
Essie and I went to bed in mothers
great treat to sleep there, but somehow
when the light was out was
afraid. Essie soothed and comforted
me and finally began telling me
story, when suddenly, without so
much as a football, two distinct raps
were heard on the porch door Essie
sprang up, lit the candle Eyes, before
the days of KEROSENE dressed and
stepped into the large room and asked:
'Who is there?" No reply, but again
those peculiar knocks.
Taking my hand she hurried me
along to our brothers chamber and
told them to get up as some one was
trying to come in the house by the
porch. They soon dressed, and fol-
lowed us to the large room and listen
ed. The knocking was repeated and
VIII took the poker, Rob a stick of
wood, Essie the broom and well I
just took hold of ESTES gown. Will
stepped to the door and asked again
who was there and what he wanted.
Still no reply; and he cautiously I'M
fastened the door, opened, it the least
bit, but could see no one. Asking Rob
to bring the lantern-a clumsy, per-
forated tin affair, with tallow candle
illuminator-he prepared to go out.
Don't go, Will! please 'donltH' Essie
said.
"But must; and if it is'only some
one trying to scare us he must look out,
that is all. )"
Opening the door wide he made
rush just in time to see a figure, all in
white, scramble off the porch. Will
followed, raised the poker, but did not
strike.
"Hello! it is you, is it? youmiserable
old gander!" and he caught the culprit
by the neck and brought him' forward
for inspection.
True enough, it was only oldRomeo,
the lawless leader of our flock: of geese.
During the past winter the sole wish of
his life seemed to be the occupancy of
the porch. If gate were left open he
was the first to discover it, and with an
exultant chuckle in he would waddle
with all his retainers. Finally he be-
came such nuisance the boys decided
to confine him, with the others in 4
close pen, where they had been since
morning. But Romeo had managed to
escape only to find he had no followers
and that he could not get back to them
to sleep. Evidently Disguised and
homesick, he had sought the porch,
where crouching on the threshold he
had slept, nodded and consequently
knoeked.-DetroI Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

VIENNA, March "a dispatch from
Bucharest states that the revolt in SHES
tria has been suppressed. During the alb
seuce of the garrison of Rustschuk anoth-
err revolt occurred there. Firing is going
on the direction of Guiagevo. Com
munication by telegraph with
Bulgaria is entirely cut on.
The leaders of the revolt in Silestria
crossed the Danube into Roumania, where
they were at once taken into custody by
the Roumania authorities. The revolt IN
Silestria is now thought to have been in
stigated to draw troops from Rustchuk,
which was to be the center of the revolt
against the regency.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

Soma time ago, says The Orange.
buro Is. G. Times, the United States,
Navy. Department wanted mast fora,
war vessel that shonld be perfectly
straight, eighty feet long and twenty
four inches square at the top. Agents
eral States to have the contract filled.
At last the matter came to the notice Of
so,ne lumbermen of Orangebung,. who
made search, and in short time dis
covered on the Edisto several trees
that came up to the requirement..
One was cut down, hewn, and few
day ago shipped to its destination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

-Enoch Carter, of Newburg, N. Y,
was foremost in advocating the laying
out of the Cedar Hill Cemetery, and
his was the first funeral therein. w.
w. Carson took an active part in the
construction of vault in the same
cemetery. and his body was the first to
be placed therein, George Clark was
the chief organizer of the Woodlawn
Cemetery Association. and his funeral
was the first one within the grounds
after they were laid out.-N. Y. Mail,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

1t is reported from Maine that the
English sparrows are growing white,
as result of their becoming acclimat-
lied. White feathers have been often
noticed this winter on the sparrows.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10

SOME FLORAL HINTS.

A Pretty Little Sketch Commended to All
Lovers of Flowers.
One who loves flowers will want a
corner of the garden in which to raise
plants to cut from, for more or less of
them will be wanted in the house all
through the season and to give away
in bouquets to friends and there will
apt to be demand from church and
school entertainments for more flowers
than one feels like cutting from that
part of the garden designed for the
adornment of the home grounds, and
which can not be encroached on to
any extent without detracting from its
beauty. To supply these demands I
would advise having a corner in which
to sow all kinds of flowers. Such q
corner can be made the most attrac-
tive part of the garden, because there
will be such make-yourself-at-ho
air about it. When you go
among your show plants in
formal beds. one feels some-
what as if he were being entertained
while making a call, but when you go
into the catch-all corner it seems as if
oIIC lttu oioIpCu Ill olI Will
whom all ceremony could be dispensed
with. No formality there. no putting
on airs for appearance sake, but old
fashioned hospitality of the free and
easy sort, which is, after all that's said
and done about it, the best kind of hos
pitality know anything about. / al
ways feel as if l were expected to put on
company manners and spruce up a lit
tie when going into the show garden,
but never that way when l visit the
corner where l raise little of every
thing. Such Il happy family of plants
/ had there last season. Sweet peas
caught hold of the fence and pulled
themselves up, up, up. until they could
look over on the other side, and phlox
and mignonette snuggled down among
the larkspur as if they were in love
with each other; marigold and petu-
Mas tried to see which could make
the most show at one side of the corner,
and Chinese pinks and portulaca made
great effort to Guido them on the
other, and it wasn't their fault if they
did not succeed. And in the center.
bachelors buttons and peoples and
mourning brides, as they call scabiosa
in great many sections of the country,
grew up in the most perfect harmony
together and did what they could to-
| ward making the world bright and
cheerful, and that was no little. An
old lady living near used to come very
often over to see what she called my
old-fashioned garden. Its like the
gardens they used to have when was
girl" she said. "Then they grew
| flowers for their own sakes, but now-a-
days they want them to help make a
show. A show is what most persons
care about, it seems to me, more than
they do about the dear flowers. "-Vc6's
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS.
Probable Origin of the People Inhabitins
the Ranges from Virginia to Arkansas.

Probable Origin of the People Inhabiting
the Ranges from Virginia to Arkansas.
Rude in speech. figure and habit;
barely lettered, though rarely entirely
unlettered; cunning, bold, determined
and reckless of life, he is apart from
the men of any people who dwell on
the plains on either side of his mount
ain range, and has a code of manners,
customs and morals that is unknown
to the outer world. The origin of the
mountaineers that inhabit the ranges
from Virginia to Arkansas is subject
that might tempt the curiosity of a Sc
rious historian. The vestiges of the
early population, and some of the sim
gular episode inroads that accompa-
MED the steady flow of English COL
onization, are still plainly perceptible.
From the semi-ducal plantations of the
King favorites in Virginia and the Car
olinas many of these unfortunate or
criminal wretches who were trans
ported from the mother country to be
penal slaves in the fields of heartless,
and mostly absentee, masters. escaped
into the refuge of the mountains, and,
animated by despairing hope of
freedom, sought the most inaccessible
hiding places. To the escaped convict,
trembling under the remembrance of a
masters lash, and willing to dare any
native danger to escape the slavery he
had fled, the approach of another
refugee was as full of terror as of COM
fort. The runaway felon could trust
nobody; or, perhaps, he had brand
upon his forehead to hide from curious
eyes, and wherever he made his home
it was kept remote from neigh borship,
and made as uninviting as possible to
adventurous or suspicious eyes. There
is little doubt that among the first set
tiers of the mountains were these
British convicts sold into slavery to the
American plantations, and condemned
to life of laborious servitude, which
they only escaped by such hardships as
could tempt no free man. The free pio-
neer and the woodman pushed on across
the mountains or through the passes,
and cleared for himself an empire and
garden in fertile Kentucky and Middle
Tennessee, or sought the softer air and
cotton lands of the Southern States.
The escaped convict was afraid to
venture in either direction, lest he
should rush into the hands of former
master or overseer, who would identify
and re-enslave him. So, with that
last instinct for personal freedom that
has always possessed the Caucasian
race in every land, he chung to the
mountains of his refuge, secure in his
solitude, and getting his peace in the
of his retreat. It was,
perhaps. an inherited instinct, there
fore, that made the mountaineers hate
negro slavery as bitterly as the most
determined abolitionist of the North.
and which led them by force of fate to
join the Union armies when the civil
war came on. The mountain regions
not only furnished the Northern armies
thousands of soldiers, but also main
tanned warm sympathy for the cause in
the rear and front of the Union lines.
BiUOuGc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-09
MARTINS FERRY.

George Keller, a member OF the Bellaire
City Council, WAS in the city yesterday.
Water has been pumped by the power
house engines, but it has not yet been put
into either the pipe system or the reservoir.
The machinery il all properly arranged,
and it is expected that the work will nc
commenced on Saturday. The reservoir
is ready for eight feet OF ;>ater and will be
completed in few days. In three days
at the outside the water will be doing actu.
al service. Coal will be used as fuel at
first, the necessary connections between
the boiler furnace and the Wheeling
Natural Gas Company's mains not having
been made yet.
DIR. Ong, ~ agent for the Wheeling Nat.
uTal Gas Company, has put up one OF the
lights that company proposes to furnish
the city in front of the City Hall. II
makes a very satiSiact DRY light, and espe
ciallY when il is considered that it cost,
but half ~ much as the Old gasoline lamp-
The pottery project is coming alons
nicely.
There is no place in the city where {
more useful and valuable Christmas pres
ent can he selected than at A. link fur
niture store under the Hanover Hotel
fuH line Of fine rattan rockers, large cush
toned easy chairs, carpets, oil cloths anC
rugs, fine marble top centre tables anC
stands, oil paintings and cDgravings, bee
room, parlOr and drawing room sets Ev
erything valuable and pleasing. Call anC
examine.
The grandest display of holiday goods
ever brought to the city is now on eXhibi
ton at Ong's drug and book store, Han
over street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-09
BISIDSEPORT.

Mr.. Charles Wright, formerly of this
city, but Row nj SewicSley, Pa, was i'll
the city yesterday
Jacob Meister left IN Wednesday for
Missouri, tn be gone during the remainder
of the winter
Billy McMechen, Of St Clairsville, was
in the city yesterday.
Will Glffin, Sam Fundenberg and Al.
CosS have returned from very successful
hunt in the vicinity of Tenants Tunnel.
Meislvr's orchestra gave very success
ful and truly pleasant ball in Heinlein's
Hall on Wednesday evening. They will
give a series of these balls during the win
ter
Extensive arrangements are being made
for the Catholic fair and festival to be held
next week.
Frank Campbell, a popular C, l. & W.
r. r. engineer, is laid up at the Van Pelt
House.
Mr.. Daniel Coughlin, of the c, L. &W.,
was in the city yesterday.
DIR. John Cooke and party Of friends
are at FairpOint hunting.
Miss Lena Adolph left yesterday for
Florida, where she will spend the winter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-09
Dogs That Were Faithful to Death
Denr.r Republican.

htHisf hsl''v'"''''
Il like dogs, said a venerable physician
the other night, because of all creatures
wearing hair on their hides they are the
nest hon,st-you may always trust them
To do what is right in the canine econ
Omy'
The remark recalled the memory to two
incidents occurring recently. 1t will be
remembered that about two months ago
Mr.. John Dolloff, of Boulder, was killed
DR. DOiloff was the owner OF fine dog
his almost inseparabe companion. From
the time that the body Of the unfortunate
man was brought home the dog maintained
his station near the corpse. After the fun
eral the dog was missed and, n search be-
ing instituted, was discovered stretched
at length on the grave of his master. All
efforts TO induce him to take food or leave
the grave were unavailiug, and to-day his
desSlcated body still keeps watch and
ward over the spot were his beloved mas
ter lies.
About two years ago, Mr.. Devlin, OF
Boulder, lost son killed by being thrown
from buggy. 4 few days after the tuue-
raj il was noticed that tayOrite dog OF the
deceased had not beeu seen since the tune
ral services. He was found at the newly
made grave, on which his paws We're rest.
ing. emaciated and fasting. With great
difficulty he was induced to return to his
home, and with careful nursing was re-
stored to his normal condition. Several
times he WAS reclaimed from his station in
the cemetery, and finally became weaned
from his pOst-mOrtem attachment. Every
Sunday the parents Of the young man WIS.,
tied his grave, the dog always accompany
ing them, until last summer, when Mrs.
Deylin, through serious accident, became
iucapacitated for making her usual Sunday
visit to the cemetery. The dog, on the
first day OF the omission, became uneasy,
and after several efforts TO attract the at
tentiou of his mistress, went to the ceme-
terry alone, spent two hours at the grave
aud returned. From that time To the
present, as regularly as Sunday comes
around, he goes to the cemetery, remains
about two hours, and returns home. The
question as to how he determines the re-
turn of Sunday is open for the discussion
OF students of natural history.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-09
DAME FORTUNES FREAKS.
ne of mrs. CleVsland's Predecessors In
The White Hnnse,

One of Mrs. CIeVsland's Predecessors IN
the White House.
WASHINGTON, d. C., December II
noticed a remarkable instance Of the ups
and downs of Washington society in one
Of the street cars here the other day. The
car was crowded aud u number of young
men, some of whom were extreme dudes,
had seats. No ladies were standing eX-
cept one cOlOred servant girl At this mo
mcnt a iine-lOOking gray haired lady,
richly dressed, entered the car. She was
over the medium height, as straight as an
arrow, and she had one OF the kIndeSt aud
most beautiful faces | have ever seen ON
an old woman. Every line OF her face
vas refined. and though her thick hair
was OF u silyery white, her bright blue
eyes were full of life. She wore mourn
ing and there WAS crepe veil fastened TO
her bonnet. She stepped into the ear, and,
seeing their were uu seats, she unas5um-
ingly caught hold OF a strap and prepared
to stand She did stand for two squares,
and none of these Washington dudes rose
10 give her a seat until they were asked to
do so by a gentleman standing beside me.
Still this same lady was once mistress Of
the White House, and she presided over u
part of an administration which socially
was ~ brilliant rs any in our history. 1t
WAS John Tyler's daughter, who is now an
inmate of the millionaire COrcoran's home
tor OLD ladies, and who, notwithstanding
her reduced circumstances, IL IA fine II
lady ~ lives in the world to-day. | rec
Dgnized her as she took her seat, and as
she did 80 the contrast between now and
nearly fifty years ago entered my mind.
She was then as much ieted and tOadied rs
Mrs. Cleveland is to-day. She must have
been fully ~ beautiful ~ Mrs Cleveland,
and | doubt not the society columns were
mll OF her GOings and her dresses. Then
street cars were unknown, and her broth
cr John. the handSOmeSt man in Wash
ington," drove his iour-in-hand Now
John lives oil his income as treasury
clerk, and his sister is dependent upon the
benelaciiOus Of millionaire. Truly
Dame Fortune cuts strange capers in this
world of ours!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-09
COMING BACK AT THEM.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Road Causes Another Sensation.


Road Causes Another Sensation.
DAYTON, O., December 7.-Another
sensation was created here in railroad CIR
cles yesterday when the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton road fled cross petition
in the case Of Charles ]. Heinscheimer
against the Dayton, Fl. Wayne and Chi
cago road, in which he asks for receiver
and foreclosure of the road. The Clncin-
natl. Hamilton and Dayton was made
party defendant, but in its cross petition
II acknowledges as true the allegations set
forth by Heinscheimer, and joins him III
asking for a receiver.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
charges that Ives & Co. appropriated to
their own use, without the knowledge or
consent Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
DAYTON road, more than 81 200, 600 belong
ing to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton. $500, 600 of which was used in the pur-
chase of securities Of the Dayton and Iron
ton road, and large sum used III the pur-
chasing of the Dayton and Chicago road.
By reason of these purchases, Ives and
Stayner became the owners OF the legal
title, nearly all of the stock of that cor
poration, and subsequently caused the
stock of the company to be consolidated,
forming the Dayton, Fl. Wayne and Chi
cagO road.
Ives & Co. formed a construction COM
pany, consisting Of Ives, Stayner and their
clerks, and proceeded TO expend large
sums of money, under that contract, IN
the improvement of the Dayton and Iron
ton. All of this sum belonged to the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, and
was appropriated without its koowlenee
or consent. Under the contract there ~
due the construction company about
81, 900, 900, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton road claims that it is entitled
in equity to the payment Of the entire
sum to 1t, by reason OF the above stated
facts.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
then sets forth the lnSOlvent condition OF
the Day ton, TT. Wayne and Chicago road,
and asks the court to inquire into the mat
ter OF Ives & Co, OF the construction COM
pany, delivering to the Dayton and Chicago
road note by the Dayton and IrontOG
road, or the Dayton, Ft.Wayne and Chicago
read, for the sum of $500, 900, ~ an indem-
nifty against liability upon said bonds, and
to require said railroad company to retain
in its possession ard control said note for
s., 900, subject to the final decree OF tn"
court.